Oil and Gas Veteran Mark Burghardt Joins Dorsey in Salt Lake City

November 13, 2017 11:24 AM Eastern Time

SALT LAKE CITY--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Mark L.
Burghardt has joined the Firm’s Regulatory Affairs Practice Group and
Energy and Mining and Natural Resources Industry Groups in Salt Lake
City as a Partner.

“His experience, expertise and
client base make him a perfect fit with Dorsey’s strong multi-office
Regulatory Affairs practice and its Firm-wide focus on both the Energy
and Mining and Natural Resources industries.”

Mr. Burghardt represents clients in the energy and natural resources
industry in transactions, litigation, and administrative hearings. He
advises and represents oil and gas companies in M&A, financing and joint
ventures, as well as permitting and regulatory issues. He also
represents oil and gas clients in civil litigation related to the
ownership and operation of oil and gas facilities in federal, state and
administrative courts. His clients include upstream, exploration and
production stage, oil and gas companies. Aspects of his practice dealing
with land rights, access and permitting easily translate to other
natural resource industries, particularly mining and renewable energy.
He has worked with companies on projects involving federal, state,
private and Indian lands.

Mr. Burghardt joins Dorsey from Holland & Hart LLP, where he was a
partner in that firm’s environmental and natural resources practice in
Salt Lake City. Before joining Holland & Hart in 2011, he was an
associate of Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP in Salt Lake City.

He has a B.A. degree from Utah State University and a J.D. degree from
the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. Mr. Burghardt has
been recognized as a Rising Star by Mountain States Super Lawyers
(Thomson Reuters) and as one of Utah’s Legal Elite by Utah Business
Magazine. He serves as Vice-Chair of the Energy, Natural Resource &
Environmental Law Section of the Utah State Bar, is active in the Rocky
Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and is a member of a number of other
professional groups focused on the energy and natural resources sector.
He writes and speaks extensively on energy and natural resources legal
topics.

“We are very pleased that Mark has joined Dorsey in Salt Lake City,”
noted Dorsey Managing Partner Ken Cutler. “His experience, expertise and
client base make him a perfect fit with Dorsey’s strong multi-office
Regulatory Affairs practice and its Firm-wide focus on both the Energy
and Mining and Natural Resources industries.”

“I am delighted to be joining Dorsey and its great team of regulatory,
energy and mining and natural resources attorneys,” noted Mr. Burghardt.
“I look forward to serving Dorsey’s exceptional client base and
expanding the Firm’s oil and gas practice.”

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